The Savannah tribune. [volume] (Savannah [Ga.]) 1876-1960, 1887-08-13
NEWS AND NOTES FOR WOMEN.

III Pretty belt buckles of all styles are
4 worn with the belts that accompany the
blouse waist.
White serge costumes are very stylish
when perfectly simply made with tailor
lcsit and finish.
# The panel which is formed of ladder
! of bows is very stylish trimming for
white costume.
Y Puffs characterize all the fashionable
'dress sleeves. But only slim people
Should wear them.
81 A vest and cuffs with revers Of the
Rsame velvet are worn on mulls and mus
Inns as we'll as China grapes.
"A The Louis XIV. coat basque is a
*fayorite model for making the basque
XII tailor costumes in white cloth.
Very pretty fancy Tuscan straws, with
colored beads, may be very attractive
Sand stylish if trimmed judiciously.
II Butterfly bows ornament very stylish
white costumes which have no other
trimming. Watered ribbon picot edgeis
j used.
4 The colored Jersey is very convenient
and also attractive garment, and may be
trimmed to correspond with any cos
tune.
Fine French satines are always worth
u getting and are stylish this season in
cashmere colors trimmed with plain
velvet
n Small checks are invariably combined
N with plain fabrics this season. The check
forming the skirts and the waist is of
Il plain fabric.
Every really fashionable dress now-a-
days must have long, pointed waist. full
front, clinging skirts, pulled sleeves, high
shoulders and q girdle
Il Not content with single necklace,
n people who are fortunate enough wear
them all at once, no matter how incon-
gruous in appearance.
y A maid of honor in Queen Victoria's
I. household receives a salary of 1900 a
y year, and her presence is required only
N twelve weeks annually.
I Spite of the efforts of fashion writers,
II dress makers, and milliners, heliotrope
is not popular color. 1t is trying" to
almost every variety of complexion.
u Beaded girdles are very stylish and
y more elegant than the very heavy silver
4 linked letters with which the fashionable
young woman burdens herself at pres
\ emit
A new way of showing off a handsome
D locket or pendant is wearing it attached
TO a dainty bit of ribbon on the left side
\ of the corsage, in the style of a military
u decoration,
Marbled silk is a new variety of this
ever acceptable summer fabric, which is
very generally used in Paris in the most
4 stylish of costumes for dress occasions.
/ 1t is also imported
A fiery fancy in the way of a red frock
is of scarlet batiste dotted with black
/ and trimmed with black velvet bows and
cascades of black lace, the hat, parasol
\ and shoes to match
Mrs r. L. Hughes of Lexington, Ca,
has ball of yarn that was spun and
i. woven during the Revolutionary war.
She also has butter dish brought from
England by her ancestors in 1850
There is very wonderful old lady at
Maidstone, England, Miss Heathorn, who
! has been known since girlhood as the
I s'Fair Maid of Kent" She is 1903 years
old and is said to retain slight traces of
her former marvellous beauty
Women are now wearing great silver
girdles hanging loose from the waist in
medieval fashion, and supporting a
silver bound memorandum book, gotten
up to look like ''book of hours and a
silver pilgrims bottle" by way of a
vinaigrette
Yellow muslin is the most stylish cos
tune among an elaborate trousseau of a
recent bride. The delicate fabric makes
particularly soft and pretty back ground
for its trimming of delicate valenciennes
edge. Golden brown velvet ribbon bows
finish the harmonious effect.
tits stated that the money given by the
women of the Presbyterian Church in the
United States during the past sixteen
years foots up to So, 100, represent
ing the entire support of more than 200
women missionaries, 200 native Bible
readers, and more than $50 schools.
The latest fancy in hair dressing is the
coiFure Ia orai GreQae, not high on
tie head, but drawn up in a loose coil,
rolled under something like French
twist on the back of the head, brushed
off the temples and forehead, with only
few light curly tresses falling from
under riviere of jewels or Greek tillet
that just touches the top of the forehead
and describes straight line to the back
of the head. The whole effect is very
close, and no additional hair is required.
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